KRYPTS – “Unending Degradation” CD
-Towering debut album for the Finnish horde, standing as a beacon of total darkness amidst a sea of painful and dull life-worshipping followers. Excruciating Death Metal Doom, open the crypts wide, liberate the plague within! -8€

ONE TAIL, ONE HEAD – “One Tail, One Head” CD
-Stripped-down, old school Norwegian Black Metal. Digipak. -8€

PESTE NOIRE – “Lorraine Rehearsal” MC
-Rance Black Metal de France, live rehearsal sessions for the Folkfuck Folie, including a reworked version of the “Phalènes…” track. -3€

PESTE NOIRE – “Folkfuck Folie” MC
-Rance Black Metal de France. The modern times minstrels sing a song of pestilence. -3€

PORTAL – “Vexovoid” CD
-Newest oblation from the Austral horror… “Vexovoid” achieves what the fantastic “Outré” hinted at and the lukewarm “Swarth” did not: under layers of murk, subterranean din-subdued clarity evoking the production of kinsmen STARGAZER’s “A Great Work of Ages”, or the more recent “Obsidian Codex” of VASSAFOR, “Vexovoid” synthesises the technical gibberish and sharp, maddened riffstorms of “Seepia”, while retaining the austere, dour and monolithic dirges of “Outré”, shedding the hermeticism of the early work, but towards a more concrete and complete offering. Further into the Dread. Digipak. -11€

CAULDRON BLACK RAM – “The Poisoner Maxi-EP” MC
-Four new infernal interjections from the Australian Cave-dwellers, a prelude to the upcoming album that will seal the malignant triptych. Primitive and chthonic, morbid Heavy Metal of Death… Pro-cassette housed in a silkscreened hoard-chest with handmade booklet. -6€ plus shipping

INVOCATIONS OF OBSCENE GODS – “Volume Three” [EN] fanzine
-More madness from the hairy Louglas Dong, probably his best so far which is quite a feat considering the unbeatable prowess of “Volume Two”. Complete gibberish from COCKNOOSE, AUTOPSY, BREATHILIZOR, SKULLHOG, VICKERS, Steveggs of P.O.E. / NUTSCREAMER, more RUPTURE nostalgy, more GEROGERIGEGEGE, as well as further life advice from Jason Wade and assorted philosophical considerations. Extremely recommended. -5€

SOLOTHUS – “Ritual of the Horned Skull” MC
-Finnish doomed Death Metal with a twist. -3€

Long overdue too, lots of manual work.
And yes, fantastic band, they sort of shed the boasting seadog feel on this one, in favour of a more brooding and sinister approach. A perfect transition towards "Stalagmire"..._________________C:V:E

THE ESOTERIC CONNEXION - "Metaphysicults" MC
After many delays, the compilation cassette of both demos of THE ESOTERIC CONNEXION is now out.

Created by guitarist/bassist Damon Good (who featured as a full time or session member in infamous Australian Metal acts such as MOURNFUL CONGREGATION, STARGAZER, CAULDRON BLACK RAM, MISERY'S OMEN and PORTAL), the Connexion is unhindered by conventions, physical or astralic borders, displaying esoteric folk music of both Eastern and Western origins, merging with progressive, metallic "rock" (for lack of a better term), as well as ambient mesmerism. Somewhere between Morricone, Zappa and Dead Can Dance, with the specific Dæmon Good touch...

Published on professionally printed cassettes and covers, manually pre-folded and limited to about two hundred artifacts.

THE ESOTERIC CONNEXION – “Metaphysicults” MC
-Compilation-cassette of the MMVIII and MMIX demonstrations. Esoteric folk music of both Eastern and Western origins, merging with progressive, metallic “rock” (for lack of a better term), as well as ambient mesmerism. Somewhere between Morricone, Zappa and Dead Can Dance, with the specific Dæmon Good touch… Published on professionnaly printed cassettes and covers, manually pre-folded and limited to about two hundred artifacts. Somewhat organic, somewhat mysterious, somewhat epic, somewhat metallic and somewhat bizarre. -4€ plus shipping

CAULDRON BLACK RAM – “The Poisoner Maxi-EP” MC
-Four new infernal interjections from the Australian Cave-dwellers, a prelude to the upcoming album that will seal the malignant triptych. Primitive and chthonic, morbid Heavy Metal of Death… Pro-cassette housed in a silkscreened hoard-chest with handmade booklet. -6€ plus shipping

KRYPTS – “Unending Degradation” LP
-Towering debut album for the Finnish horde, standing as a beacon of total darkness amidst a sea of painful and dull life-worshipping followers. Excruciating Death Metal Doom, open the crypts wide, liberate the plague within! -13€

MANIPULATOR – “Voidbound” LP
-Cavernous, abysmal Death Metal. Four hymns of departure to journey on Stygian streams, including DARK THRONE tribute. At long last on black wax, mastered at 45rpm; comes in reverse cardboard sleeve with a handmade insert handnumbered in the blood of the Moil. Limited to CCL copies in conspiracy with Soulseller Records. -13€ plus shipping, or 23€ plus shipping with t-shirt, visuals below. Limited offer exclusively from C:V:E.